Installation

There are (at least) 3 methods to install Gum. But first, you must install the following dependencies: python, pygtk, numpy, libsndfile, setuptools, the development files for python, libasound, libsamplerate, libcairo, and gcc. To install these packages on a Debian or Ubuntu box, type:

apt-get install python python-gtk2 python-numpy python-setuptools \
        libsndfile1 python-dev libasound2-dev libcairo2-dev \
        libsamplerate0 libsamplerate0-dev gcc

Method 1: System-wide install with pip

Install pip (on Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install python-pip). Then, type in a terminal:

su -c "pip install gum-audio"
gum

To uninstall Gum:

su -c "pip uninstall gum-audio"

Method 2: Local install with pip and virtualenv

If you’d rather install Gum in your home directory, you should use pip with virtualenv (apt-get install python-pip python-virtualenv). Type (not as root):

cd $HOME
virtualenv gummy
source gummy/bin/activate
pip install gum-audio
gum

You can uninstall Gum removing the $HOME/gummy directory.

Method 3: Manual installation of the development version

You’ll need git, cython and make (apt-get install git cython make). Type in a terminal (not as root):

cd $HOME
mkdir gummy
cd gummy
git clone https://github.com/stackp/Gum.git
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pyalsaaudio/pyalsaaudio-0.6.tar.gz
tar xvzf pyalsaaudio-0.6.tar.gz
cd pyalsaaudio-0.6/
python setup.py build
cp build/lib.linux-i686-2.*/alsaaudio.so ../Gum/gum/
cd ../
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/scikits.samplerate/scikits.samplerate-0.3.3.tar.gz
tar xvzf scikits.samplerate-0.3.3.tar.gz
cd scikits.samplerate-0.3.3/scikits/samplerate/
cython _samplerate.pyx
gcc -shared -pthread -fPIC -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing             -I/usr/include/python2.5 -I/usr/include/python2.6 -I /usr/include/samplerate            -lsamplerate -o _samplerate.so _samplerate.c
cd ../../..
mv scikits.samplerate-0.3.3/scikits/ Gum/gum
rm -rf scikits.samplerate-0.3.3*
cd Gum/gum/fast
make
cd ../fx
make
cd ../..
./run

To uninstall Gum, just remove the $HOME/gummy directory.